There’s all sorts of young girls barely old enough to shave their legs who are ripping it up on the LPGA Tour these days.

Kids like Lydia Ko of New Zealand, who became the youngest player to ever win a LPGA tournament at the event in Vancouver last year at age 15. And 17-year-old Charlie Hull of England who became the latest sensation of her nation with her performance at the Solheim Cup,

But yesterday was a day for the 50-something, 40-something and 30-something set, a.k.a. the golfers you’d heard of the last time the tournament was here in 2007.

And as Gordie Howe used to say when he was having a good stretch playing with his sons in the WHA, a lot of the tour veterans were feeling “frisky” at the Royal Mayfair on Day 2 of the event.

Thirty-five-year-old Cristie Kerr shared the lead with 25-year-old Korean tour-leader Inbee Park at eight under after the second round of the $2 million event Friday.

But it was 49-year-old Laura Davies, who won the Canadian Women’s Open here in 1996 finishing immediately in front of Nancy Lopez, Karrie Webb, Meg Mallon, Pat Hurst, and Annika Sorenstam in that order, who raised the most eyebrows, going into today’s third round at six under and sitting in fifth place. Tied with Ko.

A 49-year-old. And a 16-year-old. They’re both two strokes off the lead.

And 48-year-old Canadian Lori Kane was under the cut line until she bogey’ed the final hole.

That’s Kerr at T1, Stanford at T3, Davies at T5, Petterson at T12, Gustafson at T34, Diaz and Inkster at T51 and Pak at T59.

Seven of the top nine on the LPGA’s all-time career winning list are in this tournament and six of the seven made the cut and will cash cheques, maybe real big ones, Sunday.

Retired Annika Sorenstam is the all-time leader on the LPGA career money winning list with $22,573,1922. And Lorena Ochoa, who retired at age 28, sits fourth at $14,863,3315.

Karrie Webb ($17,967,9813), Kerr ($14,904,0014), Inkster ($13,525,5686), Pak ($11,936,0337), Pettersen ($10,270,0859), Paula Creamer ($10,270,0859) and Jani Tseng ($9,244,985,510) were all out there yesterday and all but Webb made the cut.

It’s an interesting leaderboard.

Kerr, would probably be leading this thing if it weren’t for a Port-a-Potty.

Somebody shut the door on the portable toilet when she was in her backswing as she played her final hole yesterday.

“Scared the beejeebers out of me,” she said.

A 35-year-old hardly qualifies as rustic relic from yesteryear.

“She’s still got a lot of game. My best year was when I was 39,” said Inkster.

Davies of England, has 25 career victories and career earnings of $8,776,202, but hasn’t won an LPGA tournament since 2001, missed her last two cuts and has only $15,208 to show for her season.

“The players keep getting younger and younger. I think it’s the Tiger Woods effect. He came in and was so successful so early that it’s brought on a wave throughout the sport. Who would have thought of a 15-year-old at the Masters?

“They bash driver on every hole. But there’s many ways to skin a cat.”

Davies has done it by making putts here.

“I missed the last two cuts playing good golf but I putted about 13 fewer times here.”

Davies is two wins short of making it into the Hall of Fame, which is a victory-based formula based on two-points for a major and one for a minor.

That’s what she’s doing here.

“I’m going to keep winning. I need two more points to get into the Hall of Fame. That’s the number one job.

“I don’t think anybody apart from myself thinks I can do it and that includes my family. I still have more wins in me. Until I’m physically making a fool of myself, I’m still playing.”

Inkster, who would have been in the red if it wasn’t for a lost ball yesterday, is one-over and sitting 52st place.

She’s only made $82,623 so far this year. Fifth place in this tournament pays $83,633.

The 53-year-old with 31 career wins, isn’t expecting to make it 32 or cash any fat cheque.

“The young golfers here are the future of the tournament,” she said.

“I know my best days are behind me. But I still enjoy the game and I’m glad I had my time when I did.”

Inkster said she was 24 when she played her first year on the tour.

“Girls that age are in their seventh year out here. They’ve played all over the world. Golf has been a job for them since they’ve been 17. Sometimes younger.”

The one veteran who didn’t follow the trend Friday was the most consistent of them all, 38-year-old Webb who at age 30 became the youngest living person to enter the Hall of Fame and won her 39th tournament earlier this year.

For the second time in her career she went back-to-back years making every cut in every tournament for the last two years and did the same for the first 13 tournaments this year before finally missing one last time out at the Women’s British Open.

With this she’s now missed the cut back-to-back.

Webb, who went into this tournament in 11th place on the money list with with $565,764 earned so far this year, ended up five and tied for 102nd.

“You are a pro to make money. That’s what we do. But that’s not why I’m playing,” said Webb.

“It’s about grinding it out,” added the Australian who says she takes a lot of pride in making cuts and proving she can play with girls of any age.

While it’s certainly in her range, Webb says it would be no special achievement to her to catch Sorenstam as the all-time leading career money winner.

“Even if I do, I don’t think it will hold,” she said.

“I was the first rookie to win a million. Now it’s been done a million times.

There’s all sorts of young girls barely old enough to shave their legs who are ripping it up on the LPGA Tour these days.

Kids like Lydia Ko of New Zealand, who became the youngest player to ever win a LPGA tournament at the event in Vancouver last year at age 15. And 17-year-old Charlie Hull of England who became the latest sensation of her nation with her performance at the Solheim Cup,

But yesterday was a day for the 50-something, 40-something and 30-something set, a.k.a. the golfers you’d heard of the last time the tournament was here in 2007.

And as Gordie Howe used to say when he was having a good stretch playing with his sons in the WHA, a lot of the tour veterans were feeling “frisky” at the Royal Mayfair on Day 2 of the event.